From Syllabus: AP World History is offered to sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in college preparation. The coursework is college level. Therefore, expectation of student performance is higher than that of a general World History course and assignments will place a greater emphasis on analysis, synthesis, critical thinking, and historiography. Content covered will proceed chronologically from the beginning of human history to the present, as the class explores the five themes of World History as delineated by College Board: Interaction between humans and the environment...Development and interaction of cultures...State-building, expansion, and conflict... Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems.. and finally, Development and transformation of social structures...

Advanced Placement classes require greater ownership on the part of the student than traditional general or even honors education classes. AP World History requires a reading load of up to 60 pages in a week that must be completed outside of class. In class we are busy extending the content learned from reading through essays, discussion, and skill development. With over 10,000 years of history (we sort of gloss over early humans and prehistory ), it would be impossible to spoon feed everything in time for the exam, and experience has taught me that spoon feeding isn't very effective for instructing AP students. You are responsible for the content; I teach you the skills in how to use it.

Some would call Advanced Placement courses a "sink or swim" environment. Consider this webpage your life preserver. The tools presented herein, and the sites on the "links" page, can serve as your ticket to APWH success. So poke around. I'm certain you will find this site helpful.

Sincerely:

Michael D. GeoffrionAP World History Teacher

P.S. While most of the content on this site was created by either my students or myself, there are also some third-party materials that I am able to use with my students, but I cannot share openly. In order to protect the intellectual property of these individuals and publishers, some parts of this site are password protected. If you are in my class you should know the password (Hint: It is from a story I told you about the Buddha; it is all caps, no spaces). If you are not in my class I will not give you the password no matter how many times you e-mail me.